Subject: Re: Pine as Mail Editor in Lynx

From: Paul O Bartlett <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 1996 11:39:20 -0500

On 28 Dec 1996, Alexander Virtser wrote:

> I tried to put pine as e-mail editor in Lynx, but when I write some
> comment to some Home Page owner, I get something like this:
> To: HGDS/DJHD/[email-masked]

    Properly speaking, Pine is not an editor at all, and if you
specified it as an editor to Lynx, I am not surprised you got a mess. 
On the other hand, Pine's internal composer has been split out as a
genuine editor called Pico.  Try specifying Pico to Lynx instead of
Pine.

> Why? How can I make Pine to write in the To: entry the e-mail address of
> the Home Page owner?

    If the home page has been set up correctly by the owner, this
should be taken care of automatically.  You shouldn't need to fill in
anything.  All you need the editor for is to compose the message, not
the headers.

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From: Bruce Toews <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 1 Jan 1997 23:47:02 -0600 (CST)

> genuine editor called Pico.  Try specifying Pico to Lynx instead of

Yet our Freenet has somehow rigged it so Pine is invoked whenever a mailer
is needed. How did they do this?

Bruce

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From: Paul O Bartlett <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 12:24:42 -0500 (EST)

> is needed. How did they do this?

    My best guess is that your Freenet is running some flavor of the
Un*x operating system and that when you login, you get what is called a
restricted shell.  In other words, instead of having access to all
facilities, you have access to only a restricted set of facilities, and
it is set up so that Pine starts up automatically (this is easily
accomplished by an administrator).  I think this sort of thing is
fairly common in freenets.  In short, they are only providing a
restricted set of functions, and that's all you get.  In a manner of
speaking, you may be confined to a box.  Just how big the box is and
how porous its walls are, I don't know.

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From: Allen R Sparks <[email-masked]>
Date: 02 Jan 1997 16:33:30 -0900

> is needed. How did they do this?

The obvious answer is to check with them, and share their answer with
us.

Another possibility is to check with a lynx expert.  There should be a
lynx newsgroup group out there.
   === Al